Reply to: Turning an offer down last minute

[northernladuk]

Correct on both counts.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Got side tracked from what I was initially asking!

Turning down an offer last minute despite not actually signing it and with client expecting you to come on board....

Surely not cool. I wouldn't like it to happen to me. On the other hand you haven't actually signed so from their perspective job isn't in the bag....

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

You sure you are cut out for this?

I'm probably not to be fair, but I always give it a go anyway - it has got me so this far so why stop!?

[northernladuk]

Right so I had the meeting and clients are very interested. The problem is I'm running out of time.....

How best to ask them to hurry up and make a decision? (Bear in mind this isn't General!)

You sure you are cut out for this?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Right so I had the meeting and clients are very interested. The problem is I'm running out of time.....

How best to ask them to hurry up and make a decision? (Bear in mind this isn't General!)

[MrMarkyMark]

What kind of F*ing logic is that?

And why fear failure? I've had to fail several times before the chance of succeeding increased to about the 50/50 mark which is where I am with my next startup attempt....

The fact is he probably thinks I'm talking about a small app or something piece meal, which I'm not.
It has not being implemented within a company yet, but they have come close a couple of times.

They are just at the stage of providing a few limited trials etc.
Its interesting and has actually made her more employable for one, its not all about the big bucks, as I said earlier.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

My point is not to pin your hopes on a "startup that could make millions". It almost certainly won't. In fact, it's such a long shot that you may as well stick an extra £5 on the lottery every week instead. Just as much chance of hitting the jackpot with a hell of a lot less effort and stress.

What kind of F*ing logic is that?

And why fear failure? I've had to fail several times before the chance of succeeding increased to about the 50/50 mark which is where I am with my next startup attempt....

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

None of the above!

I did say it was Niche!

[MrMarkyMark]

hpl/sql != pl/sql?

I know that but it can be ported directly across according to that confluence page.
A lot of others HANA, for one, would require a re-write.

My point is not to pin your hopes on a "startup that could make millions". It almost certainly won't. In fact, it's such a long shot that you may as well stick an extra £5 on the lottery every week instead. Just as much chance of hitting the jackpot with a hell of a lot less effort and stress.

I certainly wasn't, the complete opposite as it happens.
Nearly all my family are in business on their own account and they all make good money, not millions.

[billybiro]

Errrrrrrrm, yes, actually I do know most of them fail.

What is your exact point

My point is not to pin your hopes on a "startup that could make millions". It almost certainly won't. In fact, it's such a long shot that you may as well stick an extra £5 on the lottery every week instead. Just as much chance of hitting the jackpot with a hell of a lot less effort and stress.

[TheFaQQer]

hive and hadoop is another possibility.

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/...ageid=59690156

hpl/sql != pl/sql?

[SeanT]

Or "their" ETL just to keep NLUK happy

[SeanT]

Hive and Hadoop is another possibility.

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/...ageId=59690156

Ah yeah, was looking at that yesterday, literally doing stuff with our ETL right now.

[rashm2k]

It's the rare combination of working using a very specific PL/SQL based Analytics platform (Not Oracle or MySQL) and visual analytics using a specific leading vendor as well as knowledge of Big Data platforms and a comprehensive understanding of various data warehousing techniques. In addition to that some business acumen on how to turn those pieces into tangible benefits to the business.

While I have all of those I'm actually more of a cloud analytics specialist using Microsoft technologies. It just so happens in this instance that at various points I diverged into each of the above.

Sounds like a column store database with something like tableau or qlivkiew, pretty rare up north but not so much in London

[MrMarkyMark]

Hive and Hadoop is another possibility.

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/...ageId=59690156